Convertible chair



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet l. J. B. ROSS.

CONVERTIBLE GHAIR. No. 333,892. PatenjLed Ja n. 5, 1886.

WITNESSES IN VEW TOR (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. B. ROSS.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

No; 333,392. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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' .dttorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BATSON ROSS, OF TORONTO, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO H. T. WATKINS, OF sT. BERNICE, INDIANA.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,892, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed October 3, 1885. Serial No. 178,956. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. Ross, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Toronto,in the county of Vermilion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Chair, Ironing Stand, &c. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved convertible chair, ironingstand, and clothes-rack folded and in position to be used as a chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device extended and in position to be used as an ironing-stand and clotheshorse. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing the device extended as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear view showing the device folded as in Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line a :0 in Fig. 2.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures. A

This invention relates to an improved article of combination-furniture, comprising a chair, ironing-stand, clothes-rack, and afolding leaf, which may serve as a writing-desk; and it has for its object to provide an article of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

With these ends in view it consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates the chair-frame, the front and rear legs of which (designated, respectively, by letters B and O) are made preferably of bent wood, as will be clearly seen in the drawings hereto annexed, so as to form also the arms or armrests D.

E is the seat, which is of ordinary construction. Pivotedin longitudinal slots F F in the said seat, near its sides or outer edges, are a pair of upwardly-extending arms, G G, extending through slots H in the arm-rests, and

.having their upper ends connected pivotally centrally with the sides of the back-frame, I. The latter is provided with a pair of semicircular or segmental brackets, J J, having perforations K K, adapted to register with perforations L L in the arms G. Suitably attached to the arm-rests are a pair of spring bolts or latches, M M, which may be made to enter or engage the perforations in the arms and brackets, thereby serving to retain the back-frame in any one of the several positions to which it may be adjusted. The sides of the back-frame are connected by cross-pieces N N, the upper one of which is connected with the central one by the back-rest O. Hinged to the outer edges of the back-frame, and arranged to fold upon its rear side,are a series of bars, P 1?, having inwardly-extending arms Q Q, which, when extended,as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, serve as racks upon which clothes may be hung for drying or airing. Suitably hinged to thelowermost cross-piece of the back-frame is the ironing-board R, to the under side of which, near its outer end, is hinged a supporting-bar, S, forming a leg for supporting the outer end of the ironing-board, when the latter is in use. When the ironing-board is not in use, it may be folded up against the baclrfranie, as will be seen in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, thus serving to confine the clothesracks in their folded position. When thus folded,theironing-board may be confined and retained by means of a turn-button, T, at the upper end of the baok-frame. Suitably hinged to the back-frame at or near its lower end is a brace rod or bar, U, the free end of which may engage a staple, V, upon the rear edge of the seat, therebyassisting to retain the back-frame in its elevated or raised position when the clothes-racks and ironing-board are in use. This bracebar, when not in use, will fold up against the inner side of the backframe, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Suitably hinged to one of the arm-rests of the chair is a folding leaf, W, that forms a convenient reading and writing desk. When extended for use, this leaf may be supported by means of a brace-rod ,which may be constructed and arranged in any suitable well-known man- From the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood without requiring any extended explanation.

The general constructionis simple andinexpensive, and the device is capable of being easily and quickly converted to its various uses. When the use of the ironing-board and clothes-racks is not required,the device forms a neat and comfortable arm chair, and, as such, occupies no unnecessary space. The

cost of manufacture is moderate, and it forms or latches secured to the arm-rests and adapted to engage the said perforations for the purpose of retaining the back-frame in any position to which it may be adjusted, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a combined chair, ironing-board, &c., the combination of a chair-frame, the backframe connected with the chair-seatby means of pivoted supporting-arms, an ironing-stand hinged to the lower edge of the back-frame,

a supporting-leg hinged to the under side of the outer end of said ironing-stand, a brace between said leg and stand, folding clothes racks or frames hinged to the sides of the said back-frame, and a turn-button at the upper edge of the latter, adapted to secure the ironing-stand when the latter has been folded over the folding clothesracks, which may thereby be secured in their folded position, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence. of two witnesses.

JAMES BATSON, ROSS.

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DANIEL M. THOMAS, F. N. AUSTIN. 

